Hehe, this gave me a good laugh. My sister is entering university this year and was born in 87... I was born in 84. So, just a few things in defense of my generation...

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They have always had an answering machine.
They have always had cable.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

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Unless, of course your parents were neo-hippies, as mine were. We didn't have cable, an answering machine, dishwasher or microwave until I was at least 10 or 11 We did buy a popcorn machine though when my dad practically burnt down our house making popcorn with oil on the stove... lol

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They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk! a mile for a Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane".
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

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I think it was Marshall McLuhan who said that the future will be populated by the things of the present in the same way that the present is populated by the things of the past... I'm sure he wasn't talking about reruns and "old" movies but the same deal applies. All of these things are a feature of some part of my generation's collective consciousness. (For the record, Mork, of Mork & Mindy, was from and Ork and Kristin, Sue Ellen's sister, shot JR )

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McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

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Thank goodness!

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They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

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I own one

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